Starter.



C. H. AYLOH 5v, B, B. NEUYEBOOWI.

STARTER. 'APPLICATION msn AuG.5, 2912, l 2G99 Putente Dec. 19,1916.

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C. H. TAYLOR s. B. B. lfmaamm.

STARTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.5. i912.

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enen) HAMELIN TAYLOR AND BOUDEWIJN B. unornoomor nera/OIT, momenti.

Qncenrof the-Netherlands, residing a't\Detroit,

countyof jWayne, State 'of' Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful 'Improvel ment in Starters, andde'clare thefollowing use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

O ur invention relates to starters for internal combustionA engines and an object of our improvements is to provide an improved mechanical starter and one that is compaetly and conveniently arranged with reference to other mechanism incident to the application of the power lof the engine. Ve accomplish this object'in the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which, 4

V Figure 1, 1s a. 51de View of a part of an internal combustion engine, the gear casmg,

and apart of the transmission mechanism,

parts beingr broken away to show the internal construction, and the cover of the gear casing beingremoved. Fig. 2, is a partial section on 'the line B-B Figs. 1 and 4 looking from the left of said line. Fig. 3, isa section on the line C-C Figs. 1, 2 and 4, looking from above. Fig. 4, is a Side elevation of the transmission gear case.

, a. is a portion of an internal combustion engine. "j

b is a transmission gearease.

7 is a yoke connecting the crank case of the engine L to the transmission gear casing b. d'is the main shaft of the engine. eis the iiy wheel, keyed upon the shaft d.

6 is an intermediate shaft.

f is a clutch adapted ,to engage and disengage the fly wheel e and the intermediate shaft 6. The shaft 6 is sleeved upon the projecting end of the main shaft l of the engine. g i a shaft'resting'in a hearing in the end of thz gear ease b and engaging by a toothed clut 1 with ,the intermediate shaft 6.

-z' a gear wheel upon, oifintegl'al with, the shait g.

ois a counter` shaft resting .at its ends in beatings in the end, .walls of 'the gear casin b.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

STARTER.

Patented Dee. t9, Mu.

. Application 1ed` August, 5,/1912. Serial No. 713,246.

j is a gear wheel upon the Shaft Ir, its teeth engaging the teeth of the ear wheels z'.

h isa transmission sha t extending parallel to the shaft f, one end resting in a bearing in the shaft y and the other erd'in an end wall of the casing b.

m, and nare gear wheels adapted to ,slide onthe shaft L but restrained from angular motion relative thereto.

11,7] and 8' are gear wheels upon the coun- -ter shaft By shifting the gear wheels m 65 and n to engage various gear wheels p, g 8 onthe counter shaft various combinations ofthe gearing are made to vary the angular motion transmitted from the shaft f1 to the v shaft h in a usual manner. The gear wheels 7o fand y) have their hubs extending toward eachother, the peripheries of which have conical surfaces l0 and 1l as shown in Fig. '3.

, 9 is a ring having its inner surface shaped to'iit upon the conical peripheries l0 and 411 75 ofthe hubs of the wheels y' and p. y

tand l/ are annuli lying side by side and fitting around the ring 9.

(i, is a spring acting to force the wheel .7) toward the wheel j thus causing a frictional resistanceA between the ring 9 and the conical surfaces 10-an'd 1l of the hubs of said gear wheels.

2 (Fig. 2) indicates `slots formed in the peripheries of the ring 9. The bottom Surfaces of said slots gradually approach toward' the periphery of the ring in one direction.

3 are steel rollers placed in the slots 2, 'the diametersof said rollers being such that they shall engage the bottom of said slots and the inner wall of an annulus t or u when they are located toward -oneend of said slots and be free at the other end thereof, so that rela- -tive motion between said ring and annuli 'is restrained in the teeth -of the segments 7' and s, which latgearing e is a shaft adapted to turn in a bearing in the side c the gear casing i') and extend ing laterally tinoagh said gear case.

w is a segmental rack keyed upon the outer end of the shaft e.

fl/ is the brake lever pivoted cover c of the gear case.

is an arm extending from, and forming a part of the lever y, its lower end being providel with a segmental rack, its teeth engaging the teeth oi the segmental rack w.

5 is the arm by which the lever arm y actaates the brakes. The connection, being the conventional one, is not shown.

The operation of the above described device is as follows: 'To start the engine the brake lever g/ is oscillated to a' less extent than that required to set the brake, thus oscillating the shaft e and gear wheel 'v which actaates the annali t and u in opposite directions, the one of said annali moving in one direction binds upon the ring 9v carrying the gear wheel' j with Vit and turning the gea-r wheel z', which being in engagement with the crank shaft turns the latter engine. When one of the annali t u is moving to actnate the ring 9 the other is moving backward to a position to again clutch the ring 9 when it is again moved forward on the reversal of the movement of the brake lever y. When the engine is to be started the change speed gear is adjusted so that it shall not actuate the transmission shaft t.

It is frequently desirable to Inove an automobile a short distance independent of the engine; in such a ease the clutch f is adjnsted to free the engine from the transmission at 4 to thc mechanism andthe change speed gear is adjusted in the usual way to connect the starting mechanism with the transmission shaft h, the starter is then operated to move the vehicle. The fiictional connection between the ring 9 and the wheel is provided to prevent a backward motion of the engine being transmitted through the starting mechanism.

l. In a starter for an internal combustion engine, the combination of a change-speed gearing, a transmission shaft, a part of Said change-speed gearing being connected with the engine and a part with the transmission shaft, and a device adapted to actnate the part of said change-speed gearing connected with the engine.

2. In a starter for an internal combustion engine, the combination of a change-speed connected with said engine, an actuating device connected with said engine and adapted to act through a portion 'of said change-speed gearing, said actuating device and change-speed gearing having a con stitaent part in common.

to start the v'ith said engine, and a mechanical starter,y

said change speed gear and starter having a constituent part in connnon.

4. In a starter for an internal combustion engine, a change speed 'gearing having gear wheels one ot said gear wheels being connected to actnate the engine, a part i) located between said gear wheels, and a spring acting to force one ot' said gear wheels toward the other to produce frictional engagement between said part and one ot said gear wheels and means for actuating the part 9 to start the engine.

5. In a starterjfor a'n internal combustion engine, a change speed gearing having gear wheels provided with conical hubs extending toward each other, a part 9 located between said 'wheelsand itting upon said conical hubs, and a spring acting-to force one'of said gear wheels toward the other to produce rictional engagement between said part and said conical hubs and means for actuating the part 9 to start `the engine.

6. In a starter for an internal combustion engine, achange speed gearing having a gear wheel, A,said gear wheel being connected with said engine, a part connected with said gear wheel to actuate the same, annali sarroanding said part, an intermittent clutch mechanism between said annali and said part, and means for oscillating said annali alternately.

7. In a starter for an internal combustion engine, a change speed gearing having a gear wheel, said gear wheel being connected with said engine, a part connected with said gear wheel by a frictional connection to actnate the saine, annnlisarrounding said part, an intermittent clutch mechanism between said annnli and said part, and means for oscillating said annali alternately.

8. In a starter for an internal combustion engine, a change speed gearing having agear wheel being conneced gear wheel, said to actnate the engine, a part 9, means 'or producing frictional contact between said part and said gear wheel to actuatethe same, annali surrounding said part, an intermittent clutch mechanism between said annali and said part, each of said annali being provided with a i'ack segment, a gear wheel between said segments, its teeth engaging the teeth of said segments, and means for oscillating said gear wheel.A

f). In a starter 'for an internal combustion engine, a 'change speed gearing having a gear wheel, said gearwheel beingconnected to actnate` the engine, a part 9, means for producing lfrictional contact `betweensaid part and said gear Awheel to act-nate the same,

annali surronndingsaid part, an intermittent clutch mechanismbetween said annali and said part, each of said annali being provided with a rack segment, a gear Wheel betwe n tee/til of said lating said 5 mechanism gear wheel whereby segments,

said segments, its teeth engaging the and means for oscilgear wheel, a brake level` and coimeetlngg,r said brake lever and the oscillation of said leven-shall oscillate said gear wheel.

10., In a starter for an internal combustion engine, a change speed ,1,0 including a geai` wheel for connectlng said gea gear having a shaft, on said shaft., means 1' Wheel with the engine to aotuate the same, annul surrounding said shaft and connected with said gear wheel through 'intermittent clutches, and means for oscillating said annuli alternately. In testimony whereof, we sign this specitication in therpresence of two witnesses. CECIL'HAMELIN TAYLOR. BOUDEWIJN B. NEUTEBOOM. Witnesses:

AGNES M. HIPKINS, ELLIOTT J. STODDARD. 

